Chit chatting students hold their breath as the voice over rings......."We know why you're here!"(yikezz~!....where did that come from??...)...."You know why youre here"......"One flew east....One flew west....and one flew over the Cuckoos nest!"..(gosh...dts the way to dramatize a plea for silence...lolzzz!!...hats off to you Sir!!:).....)
I wo-wo-wonder where do i start from?...I think the hardwork that went into this production merits the first comment. It sure was a play completed against all odds!. Actors without a clue of acting, a play way above our maturity constraints and time that flew faster than the goose flew over the cuckoos nest!!!....who thought we coulda pulled it off?....Cheers to all em cast n crew!!!....takes time to sink in but it does!!....we did it!!....
Getting into B-B-Billy Bibbets character was a completely isolated journey from the rest of the experience during the production. I mean he was so unlike me ....so suppressed..so insecure, hesitant and yet so intense....still wonder what the director was thinking of when he thought i could pull it off......Not to mention all the stuttering!!!...I sure learnt how remarkably difficult it is to stutter on purpose......But..then again.....there were those starkly defined moments when i thought i could feel Billys reticence in me.....i could connect myself to what he would feel and how he would react....guess dts what finally came forth on stage and made my mother go.."Woahh!..didnt know we had an actor in the house!!" lolzz.....wouldv been quite a surprise for her too......seeing me changed so dramatically and all the while trying to keep up with the fact that i was acting.....Its the way it is....portraying a character does give you and others around you a deeper insight into ur true self.....Its when you realize hey..i wouldnt have done this......why couldnt i react like this?....in other words when you try n get yourself to be like ur charcter that the contrasts show up...N after that point....its an attempt to eliminate those contrasts that brings forth the actor in everyone.
Its amazing how things eventually turn out from the way they started...just recalling the paranoia that swept the CAS room and auditorium for a month makes my muscles tighten....make me think what a collective effort went into this production...beacause when you think about it.....every single person involved with the play in any way underwent the same rigors of practice., reflection and more practice.......and of course....salute to those who gave their creative minds a push beyond its limits and came up with an excellent set for the performance.
I know that each and every bit of work that went into this production contributes to the ecstatic sentiment that grips me whenever i think about it......N heres for you lazy CAS bloggers that wud scroll down to see whether or not there is a pic or two thatd make this entry worth a read:
There should be some punishment!!.(Billy: oh no!she isnt thinkin of tellin my mother now..is she?)
Heyy!....what r u two cookin up?....lemme listen!!
So...all u CAS folks!....a hearty congratulations on a play well done n i hope the tonz of memories we have aggregated through this journey stay on with us as we inch toward our dreaded senior year!!........Cheers!!
-nihar-
